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sweltering |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Swelter \Swel"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sweltered}; p. pr & vb n. {Sweltering}.] [From {Swelt}, v. i.] 1. To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with heat. ``Sweltered cattle.'' --Coleridge. 2. To welter; to soak. [Obs.] --Drayton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sweltering adj : excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness; "a sweltering room"; "sweltering athletes" [syn: {sweltry}]
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